- Date
- June 27, 1970
- Place
- Harlingen, TX · HARLINGEN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6518DN American P-51
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127877
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1792 70/6/27 HARLINGEN,TEX N AMERICAN P-51 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 5000 TIME - 1615 N6518D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARLINGEN,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STALLED IN STEEP TURN,SPIN ROTATION STOPPED.ACFT STRUCK GND IN DIVE,DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6518D
- Reported as
- N American P-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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